Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial BubblesBook
by John D. Turner & William Quinn, 2020
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Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and author of GDP: A Brief but Affectionate History.
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It's a very readable and systematic analysis of what drives booms and busts in financial markets. There are loads of books about financial bubbles and related issues, but what I like about this one is the way they have developed a framework for thinking about any bubble anywhere, anytime.
Five Books interview on the best economics books of 2020
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